Yagami Light- the central character to my painting is a high grade achieving teenager bored with everyday urban life until a notebook entitled ‘DEATH NOTE’ falls into his hands. On reading this ‘death note’ he discovers whoever’s name is written in the note; dies. Curiosity and greed take course and Light begins a course of ridding the world of its worst criminals.
This image seemed at odds with the Watchmen painting of my previous post. While Dr Manhattan is portrayed in a blue haze, Yagami Light is seen in flame red. It is interesting how colour can also be used to portray emotion. While Blue is calm and serene, Red can be aggressive and violent. Yagami Light believes himself to be a hero serving the world justice. In this image his face is somewhat young and innocent but the colour makes us question this.
